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13-letter words containing m, e, s, r

  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semiperimeter — half the perimeter of an object or shape
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
  • sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
  • senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
  • senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
  • senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
  • sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
  • septempartite — separated into seven sections.
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
  • sex chromatin — Barr body.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
  • shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
  • sierra morena — a mountain range in SW Spain, between the Guadiana and Guadalquivir Rivers. Highest peak: Estrella, 1299 m (4262 ft)
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • simware, inc. — (company)   The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • skew symmetry — symmetry of top left with bottom right, and top right with bottom left
  • slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • small calorie — Thermodynamics. calorie (def 1a).
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • smear tactics — actions designed to slander another person or organization in order to damage their reputation
  • smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
  • smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • snake charmer — an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
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